All 3 Uses
tentative
in
Not Without My Daughter
(Edited)
- We spent the remainder of the afternoon making tentative plans, not knowing when we could put them into effect.
tentative = subject to change (possibly going to change)
- Helen and I made tentative plans to meet at three o'clock that afternoon in a park near the embassy.
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- One evening when I tentatively broached the subject of returning to America, Moody grew despondent rather than angry.
*tentatively = in a careful or unsure way
Definitions:
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(1)
(tentative as in: said it tentatively) done in a careful or unsure way (indicating a lack of confidence in exactly what will happen)
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(2)
(tentative as in: a tentative plan) subject to change (likely or possibly going to change)
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)